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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Supermassive black holes in the universe are like a raucous choir singing in the language of X-rays. When black holes pull in surrounding matter, they let out powerful...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 29, 2016
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is now selecting rock targets for its laser spectrometer—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 22, 2016
A new understanding of our galaxy's structure began in an unlikely way: on Twitter. A research effort sparked by tweets led scientists to confirm that the Milky...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 22, 2016
An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 20, 2016
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover,...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 18, 2016
Researchers at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration have developed a family of application-specific integrated circuits to measure particles in...NASA News From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2016
The JunoCam camera aboard NASA's Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft's July 4 arrival at Jupiter.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 13, 2016
The engineers and scientists working on NASA's Juno mission have been busying themselves, getting their newly arrived Jupiter orbiter ready for operations around...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 11, 2016
Puzzles persist about possible water at seasonally dark streaks on Martian slopes, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the Red Planet's largest...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 8, 2016
Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | July 6, 2016
NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its long anticipated arrival at Jupiter on July 4. Coming face-to-face with the gas giant, Juno will begin to unravel some of the...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 30, 2016
The brightest area on Ceres, located in the mysterious Occator Crater, has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals ever seen outside Earth, according to...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 29, 2016
Chemicals found in Martian rocks by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 28, 2016
Last Friday (6/24), at exactly 9:57 and 48 seconds a.m. PDT, NASA's Juno spacecraft was 5.5 million miles (8.9 million kilometers) from its July 4th appointment...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 27, 2016
Scientists have discovered an unexpected mineral in a rock sample at Gale Crater on Mars, a finding that may alter our understanding of how the planet evolved.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 23, 2016
On July 4, NASA will fly a solar-powered spacecraft the size of a basketball court within 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers) of the cloud tops of our solar system's...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 17, 2016
"Marathon Valley," slicing through a large crater's rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA's Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 16, 2016
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has analyzed its 12th drilled sample of Mars. This sample came from mudstone bedrock, which the rover resumed climbing in late May after...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 14, 2016
After decades of research to discern seasonal patterns in Martian dust storms from images showing the dust, but the clearest pattern appears to be captured by measuring...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | June 10, 2016